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Spirit stones and magical artifacts can also be refined into a considerable amount of spiritual liquid, but they are far inferior to Long Xingyu's ability to refine it at the Nascent Soul stage...

The spiritual liquid refined by Long Xingyu alone was enough for him to extract nearly a thousand Rank 6 pills. This was practically a way to get rich...

Unfortunately, the Nascent Soul stage cultivators were all too powerful, and he couldn't handle them if they actually came, so he gave up the idea.

If the Purple Gold Gourd hadn't been immune to devouring the dead, Ye Chen would have even considered going to the mass grave to scavenge corpses...

He immediately put away the purple-gold gourd, then sat cross-legged on the bed, picked up the sixth-grade spirit-replenishing pill in front of him, and swallowed it...

The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, its pure medicinal power surging into his body, almost bursting his meridians in an instant...

Fortunately, Ye Chen was experienced and skillfully activated the "Supreme Induction Technique," quickly refining the medicinal power. In fact, the medicinal power was completely refined before it even had a single cycle...

Feeling the pure spiritual energy continuously gathering in his dantian, Ye Chen felt a surge of joy, and his movements as he picked up the pills became faster and faster...

He had barely finished consuming a Grade 6 Spirit-Replenishing Pill, and before it was even fully refined, he immediately consumed a second one...

With the heaven-defying cultivation technique "Supreme Induction Technique" refining it at an insane pace, Ye Chen wasn't worried about his body being burst by the pills, and continued to devour them like a whale...

His cultivation speed was dozens, even hundreds of times faster than other cultivators. After all, other disciples didn't dare to be so reckless, nor did they have that many sixth-grade pills...

Time passed second by second, and the sixth-grade pills in front of Ye Chen were rapidly decreasing...

The four-sided Dao platform in his dantian was like an endless abyss; no matter how much spiritual energy he gathered, it would vanish in an instant, showing no sign of attempting to break through the bottleneck of his cultivation realm...

Ye Chen was already used to this; he had encountered this phenomenon before when he was building his foundation, and it had almost terrified him...

Fortunately, his cultivation level has improved, and his strength has also increased significantly.

"Clatter!"

A faint sound suddenly broke the silence of the courtyard...

Ye Chen, who was cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes and immediately stopped cultivating.

Someone's coming!

With a wave of his hand, he stored the remaining Grade 6 Spirit-Replenishing Pills in front of him into his storage bag...

He was very careful, because it concerned the secret of the Purple Gold Gourd. If anyone discovered that the spiritual liquid inside the gourd could be used to refine elixirs, his death would be imminent...

The sounds in the courtyard were very faint, but he was certain that someone had infiltrated the cave, and that the intruder's cultivation level was not low...

Even if the person who came was Liu Ruyan, he would not reveal the secret of the Purple Gold Gourd to her.

Ye Chen immediately got up and walked outside, a sense of tension rising in his heart...

If the person who came wasn't Liu Ruyan, he would be in trouble.

Sneaking into his cave in the middle of the night, they must be there to cause him trouble, not to invite him for tea, right?

"Eeya!"

The door opened...

The moment Ye Chen looked up at the door, his expression immediately became serious...

A figure stood in the courtyard, staring at him with a somber expression.

The moment the door opened, a flicker of surprise crossed Jiang Changyi's face...

"No wonder you were able to defeat Meng Fan; you're very alert..."

"Only at the Qi Refining stage, yet they possess some skill!"

He spoke abruptly, and even though Ye Chen had discovered him beforehand, he remained calm and composed, without the slightest hint of panic...

Dealing with a disciple in the Qi Refining stage was a matter of a snap of his fingers.

"Who are you?"

"What are you doing in my cave!"

Ye Chen stared warily at Jiang Changyi standing in the courtyard, his mind racing with alarm bells...

Although the other party didn't intentionally release any pressure, he could clearly sense that the other party's aura was very strong, just like Long Xingyu, whom he had encountered before...

At this point, he already had a guess in his mind...

The opponent is at least a Golden Core cultivator, maybe even a Nascent Soul cultivator...

Ye Chen felt a little panicked.

Although he had previously wanted several Nascent Soul stage experts to enter the Purple Gold Gourd for refinement, even if they did come, he wasn't sure he could absorb them all; he might end up losing his own life first...

Jiang Changyi looked at Ye Chen coldly, "I'm here... to take your life!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's heart sank. He was certain they were enemies, not friends, and any remaining sliver of hope vanished...

He frowned slightly, looking at Jiang Changyi standing in the courtyard, and a guess formed in his mind...

"Are you one of the peak masters of the inner sect of the Qingyun Sect?"

The other party is here to avenge Meng Fan, and is an unfathomably powerful expert; therefore, the most likely culprit is Meng Fan's powerful backer...

"That's right!"

Jiang Changyi admitted with a smug look, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes as he looked at Ye Chen...

"Kid, you dare to injure Meng Fan so severely? You're really asking for death!"

"I will tear you to pieces!"

Seeing this, Ye Chen's expression changed, and he looked at Jiang Changyi with surprise, feeling that something was amiss...

If Meng Fan was merely an outer disciple valued by the other party, they wouldn't have gone so far as to kill him, would they?

After all, although he injured Meng Fan, he didn't kill him. At most, he would recover after a period of rest. Who would kill someone for the sake of a disciple?

Moreover, the victims were disciples of their own sect...

Unless the other party has a very close relationship with Meng Fan!

"Meng Fan...is he your illegitimate son?"

Ye Chen coldly spoke before anyone could.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Changyi was visibly stunned...

How did you know?

He blurted it out without thinking, and immediately regretted it...

Ye Chen was clearly just making wild guesses, but he readily admitted it.

"No wonder..."

Ye Chen suddenly realized something and looked thoughtfully at Jiang Changyi in front of him.

"So, Meng Fan really is your son, then, why would a dignified inner sect peak master make such a fuss over a mere outer sect disciple..."

Although he guessed the relationship between the other party and Meng Fan correctly, his heart sank.

If their relationship were merely that of a master and disciple, he might still have a chance to survive. But if it was a father-son relationship, the hatred between them could not be resolved...

After all, he practically crippled Meng Fan, and Meng Fan himself had also taken the Bloodthirsty Pill. The backlash he suffered afterwards would likely cause his cultivation level to plummet...

With such deep hatred, the other party would inevitably try to kill.

Moreover, since he now knows the other party's secret, he's even more likely to be silenced...

Whether he asks or not, since the other party has come, they certainly won't let him go.

Jiang Changyi looked at Ye Chen with a gloomy face and said.

"Kid, so what if you know? Do you think you'll survive tonight?"

"You beat Meng Fan up like that, I'll make you pay tenfold!"

"Give me your life!!!"